Since the day I heard the report that Hillary Clinton had shared her goal to a confidant in 1994 that she would run for president, I knew that she was going to be a force of political nature in presidential politics.
Many books have been written, two during the summer by liberal authors, including New York Times legend Carl Berstein, A Woman in Charge: The Life of Hillary Rodham Clinton, who noted her and Bill Clinton's plan back in the 70s of running for president--she would follow after he won two terms. The plan continues to be methodically applied; her blue eyes are on the presidential prize.
Hillary Clinton could have been the Democrat nominee in 2004 but she depthly chose the high road by going for elective experience. After U.S. Sen. John Kerry's narrow loss, she became the go-to-person. A shining star came up--U.S. Sen. Barack Obama--to distract the Democrats. Apparently, he is now a shooting star, a bright but short-lived show.
To many, Clinton has become a powerful, foreboding force on both sides of the political aisle. Republicans love and fear a Hillary Clinton nomination; some are deeply afraid of a Clinton win, others are confident of a Democrat loss if Clinton were nominated.
According to political guru, Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's political point man, Clinton has the highest negative for a presidential candidate in the history of polling (USA Today/Gallup survey in August of 1012 Americans--49% had an unfavorable impression of her and only 47% favorable). Also, about half of the electorate see her negatively and according to a recent hot/cold Gallup polling measure, they do not feel warmth toward her coldness (Obama wins the warmth numbers). Even in her own party, many view her negatively.
With all the negativity, will she even win her own party's nomination? Yes, whether voters like her or not, she has to be reckoned with and her unswerving determination to be the Democrat nominee will not be derailed. The Clintons will raise a record-breaking amount, along with positive, almost fawning, coverage by the elite media that stacks the stakes for her horse in the presidential run for the roses. (Few in the media, will speak negatively against her on the record or even have guests that are invited to speak negatively of her. Last year, another best selling book authored by a self-proclaimed longtime liberal was shunned by the media--only two had him as guest in all of television and cable, Sean Hannity of Fox News and Lou Dobbs of CNN.)
Finally, being from the Kentucky Derby state, having lived a few miles from Churchill Downs, I believe U.S. Senator and former First Lady, Hillary Clinton, against all the negativity, against all odds, against Rove's prediction and against a GOP nominee of Rudy Giuliani or Fred Thompson, has better than even odds to win the American presidential run for the roses of 2008.
What do you say about that?
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